The following is an actual, time-line account of Ruben's office party last week.

9:21pm- Guests begin to arrive. Sam and Karen show up together. Karen already seems a little wasted. Sam confides to Ruben that he expects to finally get laid that night.

9:38pm- The creepy new guy from accounting walks in alone. Ruben knows neither the man's name, nor how he heard about the party. Ruben shakes his hand and says, "hey, man." The new guy says nothing.

9:57pm- A few groups of Ruben's friends show up, and the party is underway. Snacks, jungle juice, and beer are passed around. Spurts of laughter and lots of chatting tell Ruben the night is off to a great start.

10:14- Ruben realizes the office hotties are at his party. He hopes to talk to them later.

10:30- Loretta arrives. She's a very sweet woman with a severe hormonal imbalance. Everyone at work is extremely careful to treat her with dignity and respect- just like another one of the gals. Ruben knows Loretta has had a crush on him for months. He is not happy she came to the party.

10:43- Loretta gabs with her friend Susan. During the conversation, she repeatedly asks, "Is Ruben looking over here? ...What about now? ...now?"

11:22pm- After 4 shots of Captain, Loretta is fairly drunk. She decides to take her shoes off, and sit spread-eagle style next to the creepy new guy. She hopes sitting close to him will make Ruben jealous. Instead, Ruben is very embarassed, as everyone knows what's going on.

11:56pm- Loretta produces a cigar from her bra. She is now completely tanked, and making overtly sexual gestures at Ruben from across the room.

12:20- Fed up, Ruben enlists the help of Sandra, the office bitch. With an old pair of novelty handcuffs, Sandra chains Loretta to a radiator in the basement until morning.